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Photographer Katrin Koenning's best shothttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/sep/22/photographer-katrin-koenning-best-shot
This is Melbourne's best-known beach: I wanted to show the ocean as something you could tell your secrets to<p>I've been obsessed with the ocean for as long as I can remember. I grew up in central Germany where there was no sea anywhere near; the highlight of my year was going to visit my grandparents who lived close to Germany's east coast. So when I came to live in Australia, it was natural for me to take pictures on the beach.</p><p>I took this picture earlier this year, in February, I think. I was visiting St Kilda, Melbourne's best-known beach; it often gets really busy there, so this is a really unusual image. I was sitting on the sea wall, looking at the ocean, and it just kind of happened. It was just such a perfect moment: the weather was exactly right, there were not too many people around, the couple were just standing there. She's facing the ocean, but she's also facing her lover. To me, there's a lot of magic in that simple moment. It's very intimate, they seem to be in their own world. No one else exists at that particular instant. They were two total strangers to me; I keep wondering who they are and what their story is.</p> <a href="http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/sep/22/photographer-katrin-koenning-best-shot">Continue reading...</a>PhotographyArt and designCultureMelbourneAustraliaAustralasiaTravelWed, 22 Sep 2010 21:30:29 GMThttp://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2010/sep/22/photographer-katrin-koenning-best-shotKatrin Koenning/Katrin KoenningLovers from Pacific Straight Ahead, St Kilda Beach, Melbourne Australia, by Katrin Koenning. Photograph: Katrin KoenningKatrin Koenning/Katrin KoenningLovers from Pacific Straight Ahead, St. Kilda Beach, Melbourne Australia, by Katrin Koenning. Photograph: Katrin KoenningInterview by Andrew Pulver2010-09-22T21:30:29Z